Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Wish you worked for Dorr Township?

Don't you wish you worked for Dorr Township?

Take a look at the 2011 Holiday Schedule, which was approved by the trustees at the December 14, 2010, monthly meeting. I had asked at a recent monthly meeting that the Schedule to be shown in the Minutes, so that anyone could see what the trustees are so generously providing to the employees, but my request fell on deaf ears.

Last year the Northwest Herald surveyed the public bodies in McHenry County and awarded First Place to Dorr Township for its holiday schedule, then at 14. And now it is at 15 for 2011, when you count the January 1st holiday (which was celebrated in the previous year).

The first holiday on the 2011 list was Martin Luther King Day (sic), January 17. This caused me to wonder when the January 1st holiday was celebrated (awarded as a day off); perhaps, since January 1 was a Saturday, employees got that day (January 1, 2011) off on December 31, 2010. So, in which year is that holiday counted? Isn't it a 2011 Holiday, but celebrated on December 31?

Compare this with the private sector. Common holidays in the private sector are
1. New Year's Day
2. Memorial Day - May 30
3. Independence Day - July 4
4. Labor Day - Sept. 5
5. Thanksgiving Day - Nov. 24
6. Christmas Day - Dec. 26

Is the US Flag at half-staff?

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In 1996 I moved to Woodstock, Illinois, after having lived all over the U.S. It didn't take long to get involved in my lifelong traffic crusade, because I noticed that many drivers, including too many police officers, routinely ignored traffic laws. My traffic crusade led to an appearance on ABC's The View, and two invitations to appear on Court TV followed.
I started my first blog on April 15, 2007, to address perceived problems with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department and some local police departments. I have also advocated strongly for disabled students in Woodstock District 200 Special Education.
As a practicing hypnotherapist, I have a unique practice in this area, providing sessions to clients in the comfort of their own homes, rather than in a sterile office setting. I studied and worked with a retired D.O. who had begun using hypnotherapy in her California medical practice in 1950. Often, clients experience past-life events and relate them to current-life situations.
I ran for McHenry County (Ill.) Sheriff in the November 2010 General Election and came in Third with 5% of the vote. That’s the one and only time I’ve ever run for public office.